| The Border of Heaven | 
 enlarge | Artist: Connie Dover
Label: Taylor Park
Category: Music
List Price: $15.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (15 reviews)
Sales Rank: 27270
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 401
UPC: 727901716624
EAN: 0727901716624
ASIN: B00004SUM0
Release Date: March 28, 2000
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| Tracks:
| • | The Blessing | | • | Sweet Betsy From Pike | | • | I Am Going To The West | | • | The Streets Of Laredo (The Sailor Cut Down In His Prime) | | • | Lord Franklin | | • | An Spailpin Fanach | | • | Last Night By The River | | • | The Water Is Wide | | • | Wondrous Love | | • | Winter's Night | | • | My Dearest Dear | | • | Brother Green |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
Magnificent . . . Good traditional music, an angelic voice and a perfect sound September 1, 2007
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
Celtic Music's Girl of the Golden West has here created an album that sums up what she is all about. There is integrity in the integration of the artist's personal vision with the legacies of the past, and in her solidarity with the outstanding supporting band . . . Connie rings heart rending here. Her singing indeed is a great communicator. Like a Renaissance history painter, Connie Dover masterfully brings this historic legacy to life with the beauty of her voice and the skill of her delivery coupled with the accuracy of her research . . . A painter once said that to arrive at truths you have to lie a little. Here, Connie Dover has told the truth and arrived at artistic truth at all levels of understanding."
5 Stars Is Not Enough November 14, 2005
3 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have exposed a number of people to Connie Dover, young and old, and have yet to find anyone who doesn't immediately fall in love with her. Let's put it in a nutshell: If you listen to Connie and don't become instantly hooked, by all means have your head examined!
However if I have already conviced you and you want to know which of her titles to purchase, sorry, I can't recommend just one. Stick a crowbar in your wallet and get all 4! It will be the best $60+/- you've ever spent. Now stop reading these reviews and place your order!
The Borders of Heaven August 12, 2005
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Connie Dover's latest, "The Borders of Heaven", is an apt this for this CD. Her vocals are crisp and clear as ever.
The accompanying musicians are the cream of the crop. They include Phil Cunningham and John Hartford. It's another production triumph for Phil Cunningham. All in all a beautiful set of tunes.
I have all of Connie's recordings and I believe that this is the best to date.
Dances with Wolves November 30, 2004
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is a great CD, I love Connie Dover, and anything she sings is always beautiful. I am writing this particular review for any of those folks who are looking for the name of the song (or the song itself) that Kevin Costner sings in the wonderful movie Dances with Wolves. Connie actually sings this old folk song here, it is track #10, "Winter's Night". Why it is called that is beyond me, but there ya go. Song titles....go figure. Connie sings many wonderful old folk songs on this CD, but she makes them her own, and that is her talent. This is a great CD. Period.
Beautiful Renditions of Traditional American Songs June 26, 2004
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
It's hard not to fall in love with Connie Dover, who looks and sings like an angel. She has cited Steeleye Span and its lead singer, Maddy Pryor, as an early influence. That makes sense, because she is perhaps the purest soprano folk singer I have heard since Maddy Pryor. Before I acquired this CD, my only exposure to Ms. Dover was several songs here and there on various Celtic music collections, but on each and every one, her voice always stopped me in my tracks. So when I saw this collection of early American folk tunes (and the songs that inspired them), I thought it was a bit of a departure for her. But these arrangements strikingly emphasize the Scots-Irish influence on American folk music. Even old chestnuts like "Sweet Betsy from Pike" and "Streets of Laredo" can be heard in a new light. Ms. Dover gets expert assistance, too, from familiar names like Phil Cunningham (who also produced), Jerry Douglas and John Hartford. This is an impressive effort from one of the most beautiful voices in traditional music.
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